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1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a search query in a first language; receiving a plurality of search results responsive to the search query, wherein the search results comprise one or more first search results and a plurality of second search results, wherein each first result identifies a respective document in the first language and a corresponding respective document in a different second language, and wherein the second search results each identify a respective document in the first language; ordering the search results based on, at least, a respective number of documents identified by each of the search results; and providing the ordered search results in response to the search query.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein a particular document in the second language is a translation of the corresponding document in the first language.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein a particular document in the second language is a document originating in the second language concerning a topic similar to a topic of the corresponding document in the first language.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: translating the search query to the second language; and identifying a particular document in the second language by searching using the translated query.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a visual alert for a particular first search result wherein the visual alert includes a snippet for the particular first search result's document in the second language.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the visual alert comprises a title of the first search result's document in the second language or a link to first search result's document in the second language.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: obtaining a language preference for a query originator; and determining the second language based on the language preference.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the language preference is determined based on an explicit indication of a language preference.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein the language preference is determined based on an implicit language preference.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the search results comprises searching one or more first language document indexes.
11. A machine-readable storage device comprising a computer program product, the computer program product including instructions which, when executed by data processing apparatus, cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: receiving a search query in a first language; receiving a plurality of search results responsive to the search query, wherein the search results comprise one or more first search results and a plurality of second search results, wherein each first result identifies a respective document in the first language and a corresponding respective document in a different second language, and wherein the second search results each identify a respective document in the first language; ordering the search results based on, at least, a respective number of documents identified by each of the search results; and providing the ordered search results in response to the search query.
12. The storage device of claim 11 wherein a particular document in the second language is a translation of the corresponding document in the first language.
13. The storage device of claim 11 wherein a particular document in the second language is a document originating in the second language concerning a topic similar to a topic of the corresponding document in the first language.
14. The storage device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise: translating the search query to the second language; and identifying a particular document in the second language by searching using the translated query.
15. The storage device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a visual alert for a particular first search result wherein the visual alert includes a snippet for the particular first search result's document in the second language.
16. The storage device of claim 15 wherein the visual alert comprises a title of the first search result's document in the second language or a link to first search result's document in the second language.
17. The storage device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise: obtaining a language preference for a query originator; and determining the second language based on the language preference.
18. The storage device of claim 17 wherein the language preference is determined based on an explicit indication of a language preference.
19. The storage device of claim 17 wherein the language preference is determined based on an implicit language preference.
20. The storage device of claim 11 wherein receiving the search results comprises searching one or more first language document indexes.
21. A system comprising: a storage medium having instructions stored thereon; and data processing apparatus programmed to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving a search query in a first language; receiving a plurality of search results responsive to the search query, wherein the search results comprise one or more first search results and a plurality of second search results, wherein each first result identifies a respective document in the first language and a corresponding respective document in a different second language, and wherein the second search results each identify a respective document in the first language; ordering the search results based on, at least, a respective number of documents identified by each of the search results; and providing the ordered search results in response to the search query.
22. The system of claim 21 wherein a particular document in the second language is a translation of the corresponding document in the first language.
23. The system of claim 21 wherein a particular document in the second language is a document originating in the second language concerning a topic similar to a topic of the corresponding document in the first language.
24. The system of claim 21 , wherein the operations further comprise: translating the search query to the second language; and identifying a particular document in the second language by searching using the translated query.
25. The system of claim 21 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a visual alert for a particular first search result wherein the visual alert includes a snippet for the particular first search result's document in the second language.
26. The system of claim 25 wherein the visual alert comprises a title of the first search result's document in the second language or a link to first search result's document in the second language.
27. The system of claim 21 , wherein the operations further comprise: obtaining a language preference for a query originator; and determining the second language based on the language preference.
28. The system of claim 27 wherein the language preference is determined based on an explicit indication of a language preference.
29. The system of claim 27 wherein the language preference is determined based on an implicit language preference.
30. The system of claim 21 wherein receiving the search results comprises searching one or more first language document indexes.
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August 20, 2013
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